The “warm blob” of remarkably warm water in the Pacific is changing weather patterns and impacting marine life, providing clues to how ecosystems may change in a warmer future.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during Super Bowl XLIX.
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters
As Patriots quarterback Tom Brady vows to fight his four-game suspension by the NFL, a scholar examines “deflategate” in the context of sports history and safety.
What properties allow lab-made metals to flow like liquids (as in this digital art)?
Balakanu
These laboratory-made metals have unusual properties that consumer electronics manufacturers love. New research used high-energy X-rays to figure out why.
Helping kids learn patterns can develop math skills.
Poughkeepsie Day School
Patterns are simple sequences that repeat over and over again in a certain order. Supporting children’s ability to recognize patterns can improve mathematical skills.
Measles immunization campaign poster display at the Eradicate Measles Exhibit in 1972.
CDC/ Don Lovell via Public Health Image Library
When the measles vaccine was introduced, it was associated with reductions in more childhood disease deaths than were actually caused by the measles. How does that work?
Queen Elizabeth will often wear a scarf with a triangular fold to shield her hair.
POOL New/Reuters
The most simple form of adornment – a single piece of cloth – can be a signifier of status and wealth.
Bullying and suicide are both significant public health concerns for children and adolescents, and we need to understand the link between the two.
Students via www.shutterstock.com.
If the Opt Out movement has gained ground, it is not without reason. Testing has not only pushed learning out, but taught people how to “game” the system.
Will Russian science return to the bad old days of Stalin?
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Loren Graham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Some Russians are looking back admiringly to a tyrannical scientist from Stalinist times – and using the new field of epigenetics to bolster their case.
Likely presidential hopeful Jeb Bush may be first among equals in support from mega-rich Super PACS but dough alone is not enough to get to the front of the pack in Republican politics
A woman is comforted after explosions went off at the Boston Marathon, April 15, 2013.
Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters
American Presidents tend to use the commencement address to address the audience outside than within the graduation hall. This changes though if they go on to a second term.
The European Commission is taking a much tougher line on Google than the FTC did.
Reuters
The EU is accusing Google of abusing its dominance in search, yet a similar antitrust case in the US led to a settlement. What counts for the divergent outcomes?
Presidential debates around climate change will likely be a referendum on EPA proposals to lower carbon emissions from power plants.
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The American public appear to be of two minds on climate change in politics: supportive of policy action but unconvinced climate change is an urgent priority.
A TWA annual report from the early 1960s featured its gleaming new terminal.
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Built-up urban environments transform the resource of rainwater into wasted runoff. Low Impact Development mimics nature to help get stormwater into the natural water system.
Why did the North win the Civil War 150 years ago? It could be argued that it was the Confederates who lost through such grave errors as the backing of a ferocious guerrilla campaign.
Unlike the brain, the unemployment rate is fairly simple.
Human brain via www.shutterstock.com
Ben Poulter, NASA and David Frank, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
Higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere are changing how quickly trees process water, which scientists are studying to see if it will affect river flow, flooding and soil moisture.
U.S. President Barack Obama listens to British Prime Minister David Cameron.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The decisive Conservative victory in the UK may deal a blow to the “special relationship” with the United States on issues of global defense and security.